VanEck Office and Commercial REIT ETF (DESK) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of VanEck Office and Commercial REIT ETF shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of May 15th, traders have sold 100 shares of DESK short. Learn More on VanEck Office and Commercial REIT ETF's current short interest.

Here is how the short interest of companies compare to VanEck Office and Commercial REIT ETF: The Intelligent Real Estate ETF (0.10%), Columbia Research Enhanced Real Estate ETF (0.07%), iShares Environmentally Aware Real Estate ETF (3.58%), ProShares Short Real Estate (0.53%), WisdomTree New Economy Real Estate Fund (0.01%), Principal Real Estate Active Opportunities ETF (0.52%), ETRACS Monthly Pay 1.5X Leveraged Mortgage REIT ETN (0.61%), ProShares UltraShort Real Estate (10.05%), AXS Real Estate Income ETF (0.05%), NETLease Corporate Real Estate ETF (0.27%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($29.20 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($10.88 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.04 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($5.51 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.00 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.43 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($4.02 billion), Hims & Hers Health, Inc. ($3.65 billion), VanEck Semiconductor ETF ($3.27 billion), and Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.10 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling DESK is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from VanEck Office and Commercial REIT ETF as its price is falling. DESK shares are trading up $1.03 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit.

A short squeeze for VanEck Office and Commercial REIT ETF occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of DESK, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including DESK, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2025.